Reports of record snowfall — perhaps the worst since 1996, perhaps 1922, thus the worst I will have seen in my time in Washington, D.C. — have put our buttoned-up city into a tizzy. Snowmageddondc.com says it all. The groceries have been busy, and the nearby Trader Joe’s — always busy — last night was [...]
For the fourth year, Jonathan and I have had a smallish, vegetarian — we pardon all the turkeys — Thanksgiving dinner at home. Part of this blog post is scrapbook, part memory aid, part encouragement for others and part proof for my mother that we did have a nice meal.
This year, the theme was sides [...]
Hosting a multi-faith event? What about the food? I was thinking about what kind of menu would anchor a religiously-universal meal, when competing moral, culture and ethical demands threaten to make something as important as a meal impossible.
But it’s not impossible. I used Google to find this helpful page from the Inter Faith Network for [...]
Graham (and comment team) at Leaving Munster and Brian at The Beautiful Heresy — two religion bloggers I follow — have announced their weight-gain agita and a resolution to loose the same.
Last year was good for weight loss: I have kept off more than thirty pounds, but yesterday’s weigh-in shows I have [...]
Made crepes according to Julia Child “The Way to Cook”. Used some of the clarified butter from the crepes to put a sear on the parcooked potatoes and squash. Cooked remaining onion and mushrooms in clarified butter, too. Thinned the gravy and strained over the mushrooms.
Reheated crepes, added slivers of cheese, filled with mushrooms and [...]
Add a half-cup of flour to the butter-stewing vegetables, browning to a dark roux. Kettle of water boiling. Water in to make a gravy, add tomato sauce, gravy browning, sage, thyme, pepper. Simmer, add more herbs and some salt. Cut off heat.
Grr. There was no celery to be had last night.
Potatoes perfect, knife tender. Set [...]
Up at 9am. Halved and seeded acorn squash. In a dish with a bit of water. In the microwave for 7 minutes. Peel and chop a large carrot and onion. Reserve about a quarter-cup of chopped onion. Ah, no tomato paste. But there’s a half-cup of leftover tomato sauce.
Sweat onion and carrot in a half-cup [...]
For the third year, Hubby and I are having a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner. Why? I feel bad for the turkeys, and the customary “pardon one, slay millions” political theater is terrible theology. This is a Universalist blog, you know.
And besides, what could we possibly use with all that food: the turkey meat and the boatloads [...]
Religious life and ethical consumption are two of my interests. Non-Jews might miss growing story in the Jewish and secular press, so I want to mention Hekhsher Tzedek, a new kosher certification that includes the ethics of production in parallel with religious regulation. (For news about it, it’s easier to follow Rabbi Morris Allen’s [...]
I saw the Washington Post headline for a series on the world food crisis — the first article, “Where Every Meal Is a Sacrifice” — on the way home tonight. The video, about two families in Mauritania trying to cope on the edge of a food disaster, left me in dread and asking “What would [...]
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